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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Shiite Apologetics Question Seven Why do you bear witness to `Alis guardianship (Wilayah) in the call to prayer (the Adhan), saying I testify that `Ali is Allahs Wali?

Answer: All Shiite jurists have clearly expressed in their books of canonical law, demonstrative or otherwise, that saying the sentence I testify that `Ali is Allahs wali is not part of the call to prayer (the Adhan) and / or of the Iqamah, and that no one has the right to utter that sentence as an indispensable part of the Adhan. In the viewpoint of the Quran, `Ali (a.s) is declared as one of Gods saints.

The following verse explicitly mentions him as the guardian (wali) over the believers: Only Allah is your wali (guardian) and his apostle and those who believe, those who keep up prayers and pay the poor-due while bowing down (in prayer) (5:55).

Also, certain traditions in the tradition digests collected by Sunni traditionists specify that the above verse was revealed about `Ali (a.s), who donated his ring to a poor man while bowing down in prayer.[1] When this verse was [1] The documents on the background and condition of the revelation of this verse are too many to mention here; only a few will be cited as follows: al-Tabari's Commentary (tafsir), vol. 6, p. 186; Ahkam al-Qur'an (tafsir al-Jassas) vol. 2, p.

542; Tafsir al-Baydawi, vol. 1, p.345; al-Durr al-Manthur, vol. 2, p. 293. revealed Hassan ibn Thabit put the event into verse as follows: You are the one who bestows while bowing in prayer. May souls be sacrificed for you, the best of those who bow down before Allah. It was thus that Allah sent you the best of the wilayah and announced it in explicit verses. The noble Prophet says, The reality of every deed depends on ones intention.

Thus if `Alis guardianship is one of the principles attested to by the Qur'an, then why should there be any objections to announcing this fact in the Adhan along with the attestation to Muhammads prophethood if it is not announced with the intention of considering it as part of the Adhan? If including a formula into the Adhan is disagreeable and the Shiites have, on the same ground, been criticized, what explanation is there for the following points?